Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Stock Options, Growth

Step; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k with Safe Harbor matching

Paid time off and holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Step is a remote-first technology company under Beast Industries, building the next generation of financial tools for the masses. We are hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer to own features end-to-end, design resilient Kotlin services, and drive high-quality, test-driven development in a fast-paced environment.

You will join a small, cross-functional team focused on scalable infrastructure and data-driven product improvements, delivering weekly impact and a strong owner mentality.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals.
• Passion for software quality.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining scalable distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Own features throughout their life cycle, from inception to production.
• Improve existing and develop new Kotlin services.
• Prioritize maintainable code and test all the things.
• Work in a small, tight-knit cross-functional team.
• See your contributions make a weekly impact to an evolving product.

Skills

Backend development

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Computer science fundamentals

Testing

Tools

gRPC

Protocol Buffers

Dagger

Postgres

JOOQ

BigQuery

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Step is a remote-first technology company under Beast Industries, building the next generation of financial tools for the masses. We are hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer to own features end-to-end, design resilient Kotlin services, and drive high-quality, test-driven development in a fast-paced environment.

You will join a small, cross-functional team focused on scalable infrastructure and data-driven product improvements, delivering weekly impact and a strong owner mentality.